Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WERKLY TRIBUNE.
HUNGER STRIKER
DIES N PRISON
Fitzgerald Dead after Sixty
eight Pays Continueo Refusal
to Take Food
BRITISH GOyiNERS STRIKE
Dank Deposits Gain Over $4,000,000,000
for Year Ending June
British Coal Miners
On Strike.
Cork, Trclntwl. Tho first death
among tin; hunger strikers In Cork Jull
occurred .Sunday. Fitzgerald died at
0:15 o'clock, having fasted (18 days.
Tlio condition of Fitzgerald and
Murphy had become ho grave thnt,
with tlio consent of tin oilier hunger
Htrlkors, the prlKon doctors wcro per
mitted to give Fitzgerald medical treat
ment. A Cork Rpeclallnt was also call
ed In.
Fitzgerald was arrested for shooting
Private Soldier Jones, otitHldo Formoy
church on September 1, 11)1!). He warn
one of 11 men who went on a lumber
strike In the Cork Jail, whoso cases for
a long time have hpen tho Houreo if
vmdunnont on the part of medical au
thorities. Nearly a month ago Dr.
Pearson and Dr. Battlsconibo; the jail'
physicians, expressed profound amaze
ment that the men who were abstain
ing from food were still alive and
conscious.
British Coal Miners On 8trlke.
London. The British government
has accepted tho challcngo of the strik
ing: coal miners for a night to the finish.
Ah 1,000,000 men left the mines Sat
urday In response to a strike call, Pre
mier Lloyd-Geor;e iHsued an ofllclal
statement placing all the hlame upon
the strikers, and asking co-operation
of the people to avert an Industrial
strike.
The premier Intimated the govern
ment was confident of the outcome,
and urged there he no alarm.
Jron and steel plants nre closing
down voluntarily.
Tho strike really began Friday when
the night shift failed to report, in two
Holds!
The effect on Industry was Instanta
neous. Iron and steel mills In the
Yorkshire district closed voluntarily.
INCREASE IN BANK DEPOSIT8.
Gain of Over Four Billions for tho
. Fiscal Year Ended In June.
Washington. Hank deposits In the
United States Increased $1,01 5,1 (M.000
during the year ended June .'10, said a
statement lsstil by Comptroller of
the Currency Williams, Loans and din
counts Increased !fr,80r,7:i(!,000. Total
resources of all retorting hanks of tho
United States, not Including federal
reserve hanks were given Jn the comp
troller's statement as $53,070,108,000.
This did not Include $1,1! 1 4,0 10,000 re
discounts of national hanks. The cap
ital surplus and profits of all hanks
were reported at $5,1)53,083,000, an In
crease since June HO, 1010, of $018,-
aou.ooo.
Will Pay Anglo-French Loan.
New York. It Is announced nt. the
banking house of J. P. 'Morgan & Co.
that the firm Is ready to pay the
S.r)00,000,000 Anglo-French loan. It was
said that more than $200,000,000 will
le paid lu cash. The remaining amount
of the Issue has been bundled In tho
open market.
Equal Suffrage for Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb, Formal announce
ment of the right of the women of Ne
braska to equal eulYrnge Is made In a
proclamation by Governor McKolvIo
announcing the result of the vote on
the amendment to thu state constitu
tion. Pueblo, Colo, Much property dam
age has been done by heavy snows In
the region south of here. Many small
buildings have been wrecked, bridges
washed away by swollen streams and
telephone and telegraph communica
tions with that region destroyed. No
Iors of Ilfo Iiiih been reported.
Washington, P. C Prosecution of
Anthracite coal operators for profiteer
ing has been decided upon by Attor
ney General Palmer.
"Night Riders" Active In Tennessee.
Memphis, Tenn. First Indication of
possible "night rider" activity In west
Tennessee Is reported In a 'dispatch
from Somerville, telling of the destruc
tion by flro of a cotton gin and 18
bales of cotton nt, Warren, Tenn. Tho
gin was valued at $12,000.
Fair Price Organization to Disband,
Washington, D. C The campaign
conducted by tho Department of Jus
tice against tho high cost of living will
be ended and the entire fair price or
ganization disbanded November,!.
Washington. Workers In the gov
ernment coal mines of Alaska have
threatened to call a strike unless tho
government meetH their demands for a
wngo Increase of $1.50 a day. Demands
of tho miners cro reported to the In
terlor department by tho chairman of
tho Alaskan railroad commission, who
Bald the workers demanded an answer
by November 7.
The chairman added that similar de
mands probubly would be made by
other classes of Inbor on the govern
ment railroad project If those of the
joiners were met.
finance boardnot revived
Secretary Houston Tells Farm
ers Prices Are Surely on
Down Grade.
Claims Holding Up of Credit Will
Work Untold Hardship Stato
Lo6es 3,369 Farms In
Ten Years.
Washington, p. C. Secretary Hous
ton has reiterated to representatives
of agricultural Interests that the treas
ury would not bo a party to the with
holding of any commodity from the
market In order to maintain artificially
high prices.
Spokesmen for the delegation were
frank In their criticism of Mr. Hous
ton's recent Htntemcnt that prices had
begun to recede, but the secretary told
them as frankly that his statement
properly represented conditions.
Secretary Houston said the decision
of the treasury not to revive the war
finance corporation had been approved
by the president and "numerous prom
inent senators and representatives."
Loses 3,369 Farms In Ten Years.
Washington, D. C For the decade
from 1010 to li!0, Nebraska lost 3,300
farms, or 2,0 per cent of the 120,078
farms within the state lu 1010, accord
ing to the director of the census. Tho
number In 11)20 is 120,300. The de
crease was not great enough to show
a loss from the 11)00 figure of 121,52.".
A "farm" for census purposes Is all
the land which Is directly farmed by
one person, either by his own labor
alone or with the assistance of em
ployes. When a landowner Iiiih one
or more tenants, renters, croppers or
managers, the land operated by each
Is considered a farm.
Where these "lost" fnrms went Is a
matter not explained in the census re
turns. BLAME FEDERAL RESERVE.
Farmers Claim Withholding of Credit
Has Brought Them to the
Verge of Ruin.
Washington, D. C. "General bank
ruptcy and ruin are Inevitable" unless
some Immediate remedy Is found to
relieve the present price situation as
It affects the farmer, says a report
submitted to the agricultural confer
ence here by a general committee ap
pointed to study tho situation. The
report was unanimously adopted.
The committee blames the federal
reserve system for present prices,
charging that It "has arbitrarily with
held from assisting the basic Industry
of this country to maintain r. level of
prices that at least meet tho cost of
production."
Drive to Extend Membership.
Hastings, Neb. The holding of
wheat for $3 a bushel and a drive to
extend the membership of tho Na
tional Wheat Growers association
throughout the state, are urged in
calls Issued by the olllcers of the as
sociation here. The membership drive
is to start on October 20 and continue
until the day of the county meetings
ten days later. Nearly .'to comities In
tho south Platte section have been or
ganized. Big Source of Immigration.
Washington, D. C Forty-five per
cent of tho Incrense In population
through alien Immigration In 1020 was
made up of English, Scotch, Irish and
Welsh. These groups did not come
all from the British isles, for the fig
ures Include those coming from Can
ada, which was an Important contribu
tor, but they servo to Inudlcato tho
changes now progressing In the
sources of our Immigration.
Washington, P. C Mrs. William It.
Wilson, wife of the secretary of labor,
Is dead at her home hero.
Invites U. S. to Take Part.
Washington, P. C The league of
nations council has unolllclally Invited
the United States to appoint a repre
sentative on the league commission
wlilch Is to undertake a settlement of
the dispute between Finland and Swe
den, over the Aland Islands.
Washington, D. O. Pomnd through
Its legation here, has made Informal
request of tho State department for
tho extension of aid by tho United
States to Poland In tho form of food
supplies.
First Steamer Since the War,
Constantinople. About one thou
sand Creek, Armenian and Jewish emi
grants have sailed from here for
America on board tho Turkish ship
Out PJumal, under charter by Creeks,
tho first steamer departing for an
American port from Constantinople
since tho war.
Washington. The supreme court
has refused to reconsider Its decision
of last June 7, sustaining validity of
the prolllbltlou amendment and provi
sions of the enforcement act.
Wheat In the United States.
Washington, P. C Stocks of wheat
In the United States on October 1
totaled 008,000.000 bushels, according
to estimates by the department of agri
culture. This compares with 717,000,
000 bushels lu the country on tho snmo
date last year.
California Land Open to Entry.
Sacramento, Calif. Approximately
0,300 acres of homestend and desert
land In the Eureka and Sacramento
laud districts of California will be
opened to entry December 3.
1 John O'Kane and his bride, Ml
ly after their wedding under the "Irl
pointed Chinese minister to the Unite!
South Brooklyn shipyard, which killed
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENT
Campaign of Assassination Is
Making the Irish Problem
More Difficult.
ASQUITH ASSAILS PREMIER
Large Part of the Island Faces Block,
ade Poles and Russians Sign
"Peace Without Victory" Amer
lean Agricultural Producers
Object to Lower Prices.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The Irish problem, Instead of ap
proaching a solution, seems to have
taken a new lease of troublous life,
and the woes of the Emerald Isle are
Increasing Instead of diminishing. This
deplorable fact Is due directly to tho
campaign of murder, arson and Intimi
dation that Is being carried on by what
Sir Hamur Greenwood, chief secretary
for Ireland, calls the Inner circle of as
sassins. The dally and nightly as
saults on the police and other officials
of the British government provoke the
latter to bloody reprisals which nre to
a considerable extent condoned and
excused by the government. Premier
Lloyd George made n speech nt Car
narvon which was Interpreted by his
opponents as a justification of the re
prisals. He said that 2!18 policemen
had been shot, of whom 10!) had been
shot dead, and the patience of the po
lice had given way, with the result
that they hit back. Lloyd George de
clared that If. as was contended, there
wns war In Ireland, then the war must
bo waged on both sides. But when
policemen were shot In the back by
Sinn Felnors the premier said, It was
not war but murder. He asked wheth
er, under the system of terrorism
which made It Impossible to obtain
evidence, It was any wonder the police
shot the murderers.
Herbert H. Asqulth. former premier,
who sees a chance to return to pow
er, declared Lloyd George's speech was
a "condonation of tho hellish policy
of reprisals," and nnother part of It
ho construed as "repudiation, rood
and branch, of dominion home rule."
Ile Is rallying all antl-governuient
forces for a fight, as soon as parlia
ment opens, over llrltlsh government
In Ireland. Before that time the dele
gation from the Irish peace conference
Is to be received by the premier, and
It Is bolloved he will then make a new
olTor to Ireland. Meanwhile the gov
ernment, says Sir Ilamar Greenwood,
Is determined to crush the campaign
of assassination, and If necessary will
Increase the police force In the Island
to many thousands.
One threatened result of the campaign
of assassination Is the virtual blockade
or a largo part of Ireland through a
withdrawal of the mall and telegraph
service and the entire closing down of
Irish railways. This would mean wide
spread distress and heavy loss to
farmers and traders. Whenever par
ties of troops present themselves for
conveyance the rail workers refuse to
operate the trains, and the railway
directors now have agreed mi the hi
stunt dismissal of these men. The car
rying out of this policy probably will
result In the cessation of railway traf
fic within a month.
The British secret service believes
It has proof that the Irish "republic"
Is being aided, financially and by the
distribution of arms and the organiza
tion of an espionage system, by the
Hod organization headed by Victor
Kopp. soviet envoy In Berlin. Kopp
handles funds from Hussla and organ
Izes Jiropaganda through newspapers
and agents, and the secret service says
It has established the connection of
this Intrigue with revolutionary move
ments In Ireland and other parts of the
British empire. A dispatch from Paris
says Sinn Fein agents have been trying
to purchase submarines from Italy
and France, but were told that Great
Britain would consider the selling of
submerslbles to them an act of war.
O'Connor, sister of the prominent
- h republic" colors at Collrldgo. Ireland. 2 Pr. Alfi
states. 3 View of the oil tanker C.
and Injured many persons.
The signing of a peace treaty and
armistice by the Polish and soviet Bus
"inn delegates at Klga. reported a lit
tle prematurely last week, took place
in October 12. The armistice was to
become effective at midnight October
IS. JolTe, head of the soviet delega
tion, described the pence as "a peace
without victory and without Van
quished."' and disinterested observers
at Blga agreed that that described It.
Hence It was predicted that the pact
would not be very pleasing to either
the Poles or the Russians.
A peculiar complication In the nf
, fairs of that part of Europe arose
through tho seizure of Vllnn, the capi
tal of Lithuania, by troops under the
command of General Zollgouskl, who
resigned from the Polish army before
the occupation. Ills force Is made up
of both Poles and Lithuanians. He
established n council of six In the city,
and that body Is planning a provision
al government for central Lithuania
pending the question of the self-determination
of the Inhabitants of thnt
district. The Polish government dis
avowed the occupation of Vllnn by
Kcllgouskl, the Lithuanians were said
to be mobilizing for the recapture of
the city, and It was reported thnt rep
resentatives of the League of Nations
might be asked to straighten out the
situation.
As has been said before, the Rus
slan soviet government Is now free to
devote nil Its strength to the crushing
of Baron Wrangel In south Russia.
But the baron Is wasting no time, and
late dispatches from Constantinople
say his Dnelper river campaign Is mak
ing excellent progress. He had Just
captured two Bolshevik battalions, oc
cupied two Important towns and de
stroyed a largo munitions plant. The
report that Makno, the guerrilla lead
er, had deserted Wrangel Is confirmed,
but several of bis hands have been
routed. Semenoff. the Siberian nntl
Bolshevlk leader, has given his adher
ence to Wrangel and asked orders from
him.
Every dny brings Its batch of re
ports of mutinies and revolts against
the soviet rule, and In. London It was
believed the downfall of the Lenlne
and Trotzky regime was near. Seri
ous fighting was said to be taking place
In Moscow, the troops storming barri
cades in the streets. Bolshevik ef
forts elsewhere were collapsing. The
Armenian and Georgian armies were
preparing to unite to defend the two
republics against the Bolshevik Turks,
Tartars and Azerbeldjanlans. France
and Turkey have made an agreement
by which the French will police Ad
ann, Tarsus and Mersone for the pro
tection of Armenia.
Eaiil Curzon, British foreign secre
tary has fold the Uusslan Bolshevik
foreign minister that the British navel
forces have been ordered to attack on
sight any Russian submarines encoun
tered on the high sens this because
leading members of the soviet have de
clared that government considers It
self In n state of war With Great Brit
ain. The various factions of tho Italian
Socialist party, assembled lu conven
tion, have been having a struggle for
control. The moderates appear to
have the whip hand anil have refused
to let the party commit Itself In favor
of soviet rule for Italy. The confer
ence voted solidarity with Russia but
the majority stood fust against the
Communists and made It plain they
wanted no repetition In Italy of what
has happened to RussIii.n Their, lead
ers declared the Russian difficulties
came from the rottenness of the pres.
ent regime and that the Bolshevik gov
ernment would be unable to transport
products to other countries even after
the blockade Is lifted. Later In the
week Socialist leaders and those of
the Genral Confederation of Labor
published a Joint manifesto ordering
demonstrations In every town In Itnly
to force the government to recognize
soviet Russia. They said a general
strike of rail workers had been ar
ranged. England's labor anxieties were cen
tered on the action of the coal miners
whose delegntes, after rejecting the
wage proposals of tho mine owners,
decided thnt notice of a strike, given
some time ago, should expire on Sat
utlontst.
Immediate
newly up-
cd Sze.
W. ltowe after
an expl
osion In a
urday. This wns taken to mean that
the strike would go Into effect on Mon
day. The operators offered a wage In
crease of one shilling a day to staqt
with and later two shillings, the min
ers to guarantee a certain minimum
of production. The men had a suspi
cion that they were to be tricked into
doing more work, and rejected the of
fer by a vote of about live to one.
The miners' strike, it was admitted,
would throw hundreds of thousands of
workers In other Industries out of em
ployment and bring about a serious
crisis In the country's economic Inc.
The Iron and steel manufacturers in
the Yorkshire districts at once be
gan preparations to shut down their
plants. The government for weeks has
been getting ready to handle the situ
ntlon. There wns a chance that the
other members of the triple alliance
the railway men and transport work
erswould be able to set up machin
ery for mediation and at least delay
the strike.
King Alexander of Greece, who wns
bitten by n monkey some two weeks
ago, has been near death from blood
poisoning, nnd at this writing Is not
out of danger. A noted French spe
cialist was hurried to Athens and ex
pressed the opinion thnt the king's
case was of the most critical sort but
not hopeless.
That the price reduction movement
which appeared to be "really started
recently would not please everyone
was a certainty. The trend "back to
ward normal" made a hit with the con
sumer, but not with the producer. I
Now the latter Is protesting vigorous
ly, the lead being taken by the grow
ers of whent, cotton and tobacco and
the live stock men. The wheat men
want $3 n bushel and the cotton men
-10 cents a pound. Leading agricultur
al producers met In Washington, voiced
their griefs, talked of a farmers' strike
nnd ndopted resolutions severely criticizing-
government financial authori
ties and calling on them for aid In
bringing about higher prices. Senator
E. D. Smith of South Carolina ured
that the farmers curtail production
and withhold their crops from the mar
ket until prices were sntlsfactpry. For
this he was criticized by- Benjnniln C.
Marsh, necretary of the Farmers' Na
tional council., who said :
"We must guard against some of the
wild statements made here. There Is
no panic. Let's get away from Bol
shevik statements.
"1 was astounded when Senator
Smith suggested that the farmers
strike, for that's what It amounts to.
If I am not mistaken, he voted for the
bill to make strilces by labor a fel
ony. When senators get up and say
they don't understand the federal re
serve act, I think It Is time we should
get a few farmers In the senate. The
farmers are not going to stop produc
ing, but the farmers can call the bluff
of the federal reserve board."
Dr. W. J. Splllman, former chief of
the board of farm management of tho
Department of Agriculture, said: "It
Is quite clear that the federal reserve
board and the secretary of the treas
ury are using the authority placed In
their hands for the purpose of ma
nipulating the market."
Next day W. P. G. Harding, gover
nor of the federal reserve board, con
ferred with the producers and under
took to pacify them. He urged them
to keep cool, nnd expressed the belief
there will bo a reaction from present
low prices. Ho told them he favored
putting their crops on the market grad
ually. He warned against any attempt
to withhold commodities, and point
ed to the recent financial panic In
Japan and the present Cuban sugar
situation as examples of what might
follow elTorts to boost prices to arti
ficial heights.
Through Senntor Pat Harrison,
chairman of the Democratic speakers'
bureau. Governor Cox has challenged
Senntor Harding to n Joint debate on
the Issuo of the League of Nations at
any time and placo convenient to Mr.
Ilnrdlng and the Republican campaign
management. The Democratic man.
agers pointed out that both candidates
would be In Ohio during tho closing
weeks of the campaign, and thought
tho debate might be easily arranged.
Sinn Felner revol
MEXICO URGES
"FREPORTS'
Congress Asked to Establish:
Ports for Admission of Goods
Free of Duty.
PRICES HAVEJEACHED APEX!
Hoover Predicts Continuous Downward:
Readjustment From Now On.
Wheat Makes a Big '
Advance.
Mexico City. One of the bills bo
fore the Mexican congress, Intended, to
encourage . foreign capltnl to como
here, provides for the opening of threo
"free ports." One Is to be nt Puerto
de Mexico, on tho Gulf of Mexico, bo
low Vera Cruz; unother nt Sallna.
Cruz, on the west const, and the thlrdi
nt Guaymas, In the state of Sonora,.
this beJng the home town of' President
de la Huerta.
It Is proposed to make these three
towns Industrial nnd warehouse cen
ters. Foreign merchnnts nnd manu
facturers will be permitted to ship
Into these district all sorts of ma
terials, duty free. If the raw mate
rials are manufactured Into merchant
able goods in the free districts the
goods may he shipped abroad without
the payment of duty. If shipped Into
other parts of Mexico, the usual duty
Is to be paid.
Vera Cruz Interests nre lighting the
bill becnuse they see In the proposed,
"free port" of Puerto do Mexico a.
blow to the prestige and Importance
of Vera Cruz.
Other oppowers say that whisky
speculators are fcack of the "free port'"
idea.
Wheat Makes Big Advance.
Chlcngo, III. Whent made a big ad
vance In price after news became pub
lic that President Wilson had asked)
Governor Allen of Kansas for Informa
tion which might indicate that the
recent big fall In the value of wheat
was due to any artificial causes.
December delivery ran up 13c to 13V4c
to $2.21, nnd closed unsettled at $2.17-.
to $2.18.
Announcement of recent large Brit
ish purchases of wheat on the Pacific
coast counted nlso as a bullish factor,,
and so, too, did word of an unusual
export demand for corn during the last,
few days.
HIGH PRICES REACH APEX.
Hoover Predicts Continuous Down.
ward Readjustment from Now On.
Topekn, Kan. The apex of the hlglk,
cost of living has been reached im,
America, and from now on prices will
undergo a continuous downward read-r
jnstment,s Herbert Hoover declaredl
here In an address to the Topekn.
Rotary club.
"If this prlre readjustment Is not
based on a plan providing ensy stages.
In Its descent It will go down with a
crash nnd result In the destruction of
countless Industrie"," continued 'Air.
Hoover. "America needs n national
program to control this downward re-,
adjustment and to protect our In
dustries from rulon.
"Labor wages do not need to come
down with the high cost of living It"
labor increnses production."
Greek King's Condition Serious.
Athens, Greece. Only the strong
constitution of. King Alexnnder of
Greece Is relied npoiTby his physicians
to bring him through the crisis of his.
Illness, resulting from the bite of a
monkey n short time ngo. The govern
ment, alarmed at the serious turn In,'
the king's condition, discussed the
question of a regency nnd decided that
the council of ministers would take up
the task of administering the country
In the event of the king's condition be-'
coming worse.
Cuba Appeals for Financial Aid.
Washington, P. C. Cuba has ap
pealed to the American government for
aid in Its present financial difficulties.,
The nppenl has been taken' under con
sideration by olllelnls to see if some
plan of aslstance can be worked out.
Coins "Phoney" Money In Federal Pen..
Leavenworth, Kans. Frank E. CreK
lor was found guilty by a federal,
court of making counterfeit half dol
lars while confined In federal prison.
Thlrty-five Years in Penitentiary.
Gallatin, Mo. Hugh Y. Tnrwater
wns found guilty by n Jury of second'
degree murder for the death of Wes
ley L. Robertson, a veteran newspa
per publisher here, December 23, 1010.
Tnrwater was sentenced to 35 years In.
the penltentlnry.
Leavenworth, Kans. Eckhnrdt von.
Schack, former Gerninn consul general
at San Francisco, has been granted a
parole from the penitentiary, but Is ad
verse to leaving the prison because a
deportation warrant awaits him.
"High Ups" Involved In Revelations.
Chlcngo, 111. As a result of the?
amazing whisky ring revelntlons la
CJiIcago prohibition officials are mak
ing Investigation.". In practically every
city In the United Stntes, It Is an
nounced. Particular effort is being made to
ascertain as to whether federaf em
ployes have aided the ring to obtain
permits for whisky.
According to reports thnt have been,
received by Commissioner Kraiwr, at
least two members of congress and of
ficials tire involved lu the revelation.